Almetta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Almetta

The Social Security Administration has registered 372 babies named Almetta between 1910 and 1955, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Almetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1955. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Almetta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Almetta shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Almetta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Almetta in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 372 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.